On this day, 100 years ago, a creative force was unleashed upon this planet. Jacob Kurtzberg, better known to the world as Jack Kirby, is one of the founding fathers of comics and it is no exaggeration to say that without his mighty talent, the industry would not be what it is. His prodigious output…

It’s probably pretty clear by now that I’ve read more than my share of comic books. I have more than 15 thousand in my personal collection, curated carefully over the last 35 years, not to mention the thousands more I’ve read and subsequently donated to worthy causes. I still pick up an insane number of…

Every so often, a comic book series comes along that touches the heart in a way that few things have before it. When Gotham Academy #1 was solicited in 2014, fans didn’t quite know what to expect from the team of Becky Cloonan, Brenden Fletcher, and Karl Kerschl. But it didn’t take long to find…

Hiya folks! It’s me! Mexi! Here to talk about another Comic I Need to Read, my column where I delve into a comic by a little known creator. This week is a con-inspired choice of sorts. At one of the last comic-cons I went to, I had stumbled upon a creator selling comics that had…

At San Diego Comic Con today, DC Comics hosted a surprise guest, writer Jeff Lemire, who announced that he will make his return to DC in 2018 to work on a brand new title with rotating artists Ivan Reis and Doc Shaner. The Terrifics, lead by Mr. Terrific, will consist of four heroes having strange…

It’s been about 13 months since DC Comics released its 80-page giant of a comic declaring a brand new era for DC Comics. 13 months since writer Geoff Johns bid adieu to writing monthly comics after a five year run on Justice League, nine years re-imagining the entire Green Lantern mythos, two separate runs (no…

Beginnings, in life and literature, make or break a story. Writers can agonize over their first line (as I, not coincidentally, just did) to ensure the reader is hooked immediately into a world about to unfold. Challenging, yet convenient, is the ability to rewrite, revise, and retcon your story until it is the perfect synthesis…

Hiya, people! It’s me! Mexi! Here to bring you yet another Comic I Need to Read, where I talk about little known and smaller comics I feel should be read. Now, this comic is slightly different from what I’ve done in the past, since I originally purchased it at my last comic convention and it’s…

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. – Plato It may sound like an advertising tag line, but music inspires our lives. One of the first things we do when getting in our car…

“What does Wonder Woman mean to you?” John Ernenputsch asked me that question the other day as we discussed the opening of the film, and it made me realize that there are few characters in comics that could actually mean something to me, let alone countless others. As my mind started parsing what Wonder Woman…